Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

ティーンエージ ミュータント ニンジャ タートルズ タートルズ イン タイムArcade, SNES, Windows, Switch +41991

  1. JP1992
  2. NA1992
  3. EU—
  4. RU—

Turtles in Time kept its name in arcades, but the Super NES version was titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time in North America and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV: Turtles in Time in Europe. Today the easiest legal way to play both versions is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection on Steam, Switch, PlayStation and Xbox.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time is a beat 'em up that Konami released in arcades on 18 September 1991. Players pick Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo or Donatello and set out to recover the Statue of Liberty, which Shredder and Krang have stolen during a live TV broadcast. Shredder's time machine then throws the turtles into different eras, each guarded by his henchmen.

In 1992 the game reached the Super NES as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time; Europe knew it as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV. The home version is more than a straight port: bosses get health bars, and an extra stage takes place in the Technodrome. The arcade original never came out in Japan, so only the Super NES game has a Japanese version.

Both versions are part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, released on 30 August 2022, which adds online play for each of them.12

Names and releases

RegionTitle on the boxPlatformDatePublisherSrc
NA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time SNES 1992 Konami 2
WW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in TimeDate as given by Spanish Wikipedia; the arcade version was never released in Japan. Arcade Sep 18, 1991 Konami 1
JP ティーンエージ ミュータント ニンジャ タートルズ タートルズ イン タイムJapanese Wikipedia lists this title among Konami's TMNT games released in Japan between 1989 and 1993 without a date; the year shown is the North American SNES year and is not confirmed for Japan. The Cowabunga Collection includes the Japanese SNES version. SNES 1992 Konami 3
WW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga CollectionSteam release of the compilation. Windows Aug 30, 2022 Konami 4
WW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga CollectionCompilation by Digital Eclipse with both the arcade and SNES versions; also on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Windows the same day. Switch Aug 30, 2022 Konami 2

Also known as: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time NA2Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV: Turtles in Time EU1ティーンエージ ミュータント ニンジャ タートルズ タートルズ イン タイム JP3

Version differences

  • GameplaySNES

    Super NES bosses have health bars; in the arcade game they have none.1

  • ContentSNES

    The Super NES version adds an extra stage in the Technodrome, modeled on the final level, with Tokka and Rahzar as mid-bosses and a Shredder fight seen from behind a gun turret.1

  • TitleSNES (EU)

    In Europe the Super NES game was sold as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, in line with the local 'Hero Turtles' name.1

All differences (4)

Where to play legally today

  • Steam Purchase

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

    Arcade and SNES versions

    Checked: 2026-10-134store.steampowered.com

In lists

Sources

  1. 1es.wikipedia.org
  2. 2en.wikipedia.org
  3. 3ja.wikipedia.org
  4. 4store.steampowered.com
  5. 5store.steampowered.com

Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13

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